Jane had intended to stop by at the local general store to pick up just a few things, and she wound up with far more than she bargained for it.

It all started with the fact that there was a panda in the cheese aisle. Such a thing was undeniably intriguing and so Jane quite forgot about her grocery shopping and had to ask the man sweeping the floor about the bear. He answered her with a bit of a sigh, and he explained about the cheese and the owner of the shop who seemed to care to do nothing about it, and Jane wound up following the poor shopclerk around with her notebook open, her pencil ready, and filled with questions about the habitat and habits of this intriguing cheese panda. Eventually, the man (Apu was his name, Jane had gathered) must have realized he wasn't getting rid of Jane any time soon, and started to pass along tasks to her, which she happily went about, so long as she could continue to ask him questions. And, eventually, she found herself behind the counter, cheerfully ringing up customers in between jotting notes.

And really, Apu thought the best thing that happened that day was Shunsui not coming in to open the place, because he preferred Jane's company far more, even if she didn't seem to ever shut up.

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